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university. i also want to mention sam nunn. pete and sam worked on so many budget and national defense issues. domeneci. you're very lucky to have him associated with this university. i also want to mention sam nunn. pete and sam worked on so many budget and national defense issues. sam as you will find out in another great introduction, i am sure, was the chairman of the armed services committee when i came on the committee. it was a joy to work with sam nunn, because when i came into the senate, we worked together for the good of america. we did not look at party lines, we looked at what was right for america, and he is a great leader in national defense, an i am very pleased that you are here, sam. [applause] well, let me start by saying that pete asked me to talk abot border issues and border security, and of course, as the mexico and texas, arizona and california know, we share thousands of miles of border. we share one belsen 400 miles between texas and new mexico -- 1,400 miles between texas and new mexico, and there are vast, wonderful opportunities because of this border. we have had economic an

. >>> defense secretary robert gates is questioning if americans have become apathetic towards the nation's wars. in a speech at duke university, gates claimed the nation is now too detached from the fighting in both iraq and afghanistan. and with fewer americans seeing service as their duty, more money has the to be spent to keep active-duty soldiers from quitting. >>> aside from the storm drenching the east coast, here's the rest of the morning's weather. no rain. but flooding in the upper midwest, as rivers continue to rise after torrential downpours earlier this week. showers south of los angeles, into san diego. otherwise, dry for most of the country. >> phoenix will heat up to 106. sacramento, 93. 70s from fargo to detroit. as well as boston down to atlanta. 80s from new orleans to dallas. >>> still to come this morning, gay students taunted and driven to suicide. another campus reeling this morning after a promising student ends his life after a secret sex recording of him and another man. >>> plus, the heroic pilot behind the latest miracle landing. 3333alks about that night. >>> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke h

universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with on the defensive. in a town hall held by cnbc in the nation's capital, president obama held his ground while frustrated citizens took turns taking shots at his economic strategy. the president repeatedly defended his policies while fielding questions. some of the americans who fear the worse from the economy. steve handlesman has more. >> quite frankly, i'm exhausted. i'm exhausted in defending you, defending your administration. >> reporter: people like zelm may hart -- >> i voted for a man who said he was going to change things in a meaningful way for the middle class. i'm one of those people and i'm waiting, sir. i don't feel it yet. >> reporter: the same from an out of work law school graduate. >> i really want to know. is the american dream dead forever me? >> absolutely not. we're moving in the right direction. >> reporter: there's more proof of that. economists calculated our recession ended in june 2009, recovery began 14 months ago. but not for millions, the president acknowledged. >> the challenge is that the hole was so deep that a lo

university. i also want to mention sam nunn. pete and sam worked on so many budget and national defense issues. sam as you will find out in another great introduction, i am sure, was the chairman of the armed services committee when i came on the committee. it was a joy to work with sam nunn, because when i came into the senate, we worked together for the good of america. we did not look at party lines, we looked at what was right for america, and he is a great leader in national defense, and i am very pleased that you are here, sam. [applause] well, let me start by saying that pete asked me to talk about border issues and border security, and of course, as the mexico and texas, arizona and california know, we share thousands of miles of border. we share one belsen 400 miles between texas and new mexico -- 1,400 miles between texas and new mexico, and there are vast, wonderful opportunities because of this border. we have had economic and trade advantages that have been great for our country and our state as well as mexico. our culture has been enriched by the mexican culture, where our histori

national defence universities conflict records research center which is an archive of captured documents and audio files related to the regime in iraq as well as al qaeda. previously he worked the institute for defense analyses where i believe he created a study for the pentagon on decision making in saddam hussein's iraq and he served as a analyst for the government and will also be providing us with kind of an overview of the conflict records research center, what kind of documents are kept and research opportunities available for the researchers interested in doing research there and he will also be talking about the subject which is the subject of his ph.d. dissertation which is the deterrence of iraq with a particular focus of the 1991 gulf war. the second speaker on my right is kevin woods who serves on the research staff of the institute for defense analysis where he is a task leader of the iraq perspectives project. he's also the lead author of several studies on saddam hussein including the leadership on operation iraqi freedom, saddam and terrorism, captured documents, the mother of all battles, sob hussain strategic plan for the persian gulf war and iraqi military prospectus on the iran i